Why Is Extensively Drug-Resistant TB On The Rise?: A new study of more than 400 patients in South Africa finds, unfortunately, that the answer appears to be the later. Airborne transmission is the driving force behind a spike in extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) in South Africa, according to …
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AFRICA’S EXPANDING MIDDLE CLASS, RISING GDP AND BUSINESS CLIMATE ARE FUELING GROWTH: Johannesburg, South Africa – January 18, 2017 – Investments in African private equity is rising. Traditionally, the continent’s abundance of natural resources, including mining and exploration, has been the force behind investment interest.
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Police pounce on health workers for giving clean water to Pretoria drug users: People who inject drugs are at a high risk of HIV infection, in part because users may share needles. A five-city study conducted in South Africa found that the HIV prevalence rate among injecting drug users was about 40% higher than that of the general …
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Study provides new evidence on role of person-to person transmission in drug-resistant TB: A study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine provides compelling evidence that extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR TB) is spread from person-to-person in the KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa from 2011-2014. The study was …
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